[Verse 1]

     C       D              G   D/F#   Em
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
            C                D         G         D/F#     N.C.
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
    C              D
The Earth began to cool,
    G            D/F#   Em
The autotrophs began to drool,
       C               D
Neanderthals developed tools,
           G        D/F#      Em
We built a wall (we built the pyramids)
C              D        G      D/F#    Em
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries
     C           D                  G
That all started with the big bang (bang!)


[Verse 2]

           C       D              G   D/F#  Em
"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long
         C          D              G            D/F#      Em
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song
  C             D              G        D/F#  Em
A fraction of a second and the elements were made
    C               D
The bipeds stood up straight
    G              D/F#      Em
The dinosaurs all met their fate
              C                  D
They tried to leap but they were late
             G          D/F#         Em
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
    C          D
The oceans and Pangea
        G             D/F# Em
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
       C             D        G
Set in motion by the same big bang!
       C                D
It all started with the big


[Bridge]

Am7   D       G             Em                Am7
Bang! It's expanding ever outward but one day
D        G                 Em               Am7
It will pause and start to go the other way
Am7        D            Am7               D
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it won't be heard
Am7          G/B                   C             D
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!


[Solo]

Am7     D     G   C   G  C  
Am7     D     G   C   G


[Verse 3]

C       D              G      D/F#      Em
Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
  C                D                      G           D/F#     Em
Debating how we're here, they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
  C         D            G          D/F#  Em
Religion or astronomy, Descartes or Deuteronomy
   C           D        G
It all started with the big bang!
C         D          G        D/F#   Em
Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
   C           D            G
It all started with the big bang!
   C           D               G
It all started with the big    BANG!